GEICO 500 NASCAR Race at Talladega Superspeedway to Include Team Fastrax™ Performance

The GEICO 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama.  Defending race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. will battle it out with Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick and all of the stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. As part of the opening ceremony, Team Fastrax™ will be performing an amazing patriotic display with their 2,000 sq. ft. American Flag and red white and blue streamers.

John Hart, owner of Start Skydiving, and member of Team Fastrax™, said, “We are honored to be performing our patriotic American Flag skydive at such a thrilling event.   The GEICO 500 is a hugely competitive race, and it’s sure to be an exciting weekend.”  

According to their website, the action at Talladega kicks off on Friday with practice sessions for the Sparks Energy 300 and GEICO 500, as well as practice, qualifying and the drop of the green flag for the General Tire 200 at 5 p.m. CDT. Saturday’s schedule includes qualifying for the GEICO 500 as well as time trials and the start of the Sparks Energy 300 at 2 p.m. CDT. Later that evening, Big & Rich featuring Cowboy Troy, will headline the traditional Infield Concert. Country Music’s best-kept secret, Eric Lee Beddingfield, is set to open the event at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free with a GEICO 500 ticket.  Festivities will start at approximately 7:30 PM as Eric Lee Beddingfield kicks off the party, followed by Big & Rich with special guest Cowboy Troy at approximately 9:00 PM.

Team Fastrax™ is sponsored by SELECTiON.COM®, a leading provider of criminal background checks and pre-employment screening services.   Team Fastrax™ is the most ambitious professional skydiving team in the world.   The parachute demonstration team has a roster of more than twenty-nine active members, with a collective of more than 300,000 skydives.  Team Fastrax™ has performed exhibition skydives all over the world for audiences large and small as a patriotic display or as a product promotion.

For more information on the race, or to purchase tickets visit the Talladega Superspeedway website.

For questions or for an interview, contact Matt Harvey with Team Fastrax™ at 740-971-8278740-971-8278, mharvey@teamfastrax.com.